Tomatoes & trusses

[VegGirl]

Hi everybody, this is my second year of growing veggies and my question is:
Do you still wait to pinch out the top of your tomato plant after 5 trusses if the plant takes til nearly 6ft before this happens? This happened to me when I grew the Tigerella tomato variety!
I'd also like to know if I can grow regular onions in tubs and how many to grow in each container, or should I mix them with carrots as I believe the smell of the onion confuses the dreadded carrotfly?
Looking forward to any advice,
VegGirl

[fivespud364]

I very rarely pinch the tops out of my tomatoes i just feed them well and let them keep going however to get better trusses it is better to pinch them out after 5 or 6 trusses doesnt really matter how tall the plant is.

Onions should be fine in a container give them 4-6 inches between the sets depending how big you want your onions and i see no reason why you cant sprinkle some carrot seed between them as long as you keep the container well fed

[VegGirl]

Thanks Keith for your advice. Just to clarify, when you talk about onion 'sets', is that one bulb or do I group the bulbs together but then 3-4 inches apart ?
Sorry, very novice questions here!
Jacey (VegGirl)

[fivespud364]

put single bulbs 4 inches apart

[Nick the Grief]

There are one or two people that show onions that are grown in pots ( well flower buckets) and they regularly win. As to your tomato's if youve room why not plant them at an angle and then they can grow a bit more and still be in reach.

[tes]

hello, everyone,

i'm tes. i just started doing some gardening and am now focused on growing tomatoes. we only have small space for tomatoes and i dont want them to grow too tall.

i heard one way to limit their growth is by cutting off the top leaves after the fourth truss. i don't know exactly what a truss means but from what i've searched, its the stem that holds the bunch of tomatoes. is that right?

how high does a tomato gets before it reaches the fourth truss and should i wait until the plant bears fruit before i cut the tops?

also, how long does it usually takes before a tomato plant bears fruits? from seeds to the first fruit? taking note of the fact that its cherry tomatoes?


thank you

tes

[PottyPot]

First you need to know if what you're growing is determinate or indeterminate. You are correct what you say about trusses, and pinching out the top should be fine at the fourth truss.

Which cherry tomato are you growing?